Countries
India, Manipur
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
bye
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
Meithei
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
1700
  
19
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Meithei and Zulu Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Meithei and Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Zulu language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Zulu Difficulty
The Meithei vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Zulu Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Meithei and Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.